Fastest CPU in April

Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Thanks much.....

My 2.8 ran fast in april, but now it seems allot slower in December......

"wizzywiz" wrote in message
ps.com...
Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Thanks much.....

JAD wrote:
My 2.8 ran fast in april, but now it seems allot slower in December......

"wizzywiz" wrote in message
ps.com...
Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Thanks much.....



The elctrons tend to slow down with the cold weather. At least it's not
hibernating.

"wizzywiz" wrote in message ps.com...
Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Thanks much.....

For desktop systems, not much. With Intel's release of the
quad-core QX6700 it's going to take software developers
a few years (at least) to catch up. There's no need for more
cpu power in the meantime.

On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 11:46:07 -0800, wizzywiz wrote:

Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Actually, it's the Core 2 Duo, not Core Duo, but the Core 2 Quad is either
here now or will be by April. AMD is bring out 4x4, but it really doesn't
compete with Core 2 Quad which has better performance and a lot lower
power consumption. I don't expect to see AMD regain the lead for some
time, but I hope I'm wrong.

Crossposting removed.

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The next major changes from Intel, after all the changes in their CPU line
in the last 6 months, is not expected until summer.

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"wizzywiz" wrote in message
ps.com...
Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Thanks much.....

On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 16:11:52 -0800, "DaveW" wrote:

"wizzywiz" wrote in message
ups.com...
Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Thanks much.....


The next major changes from Intel, after all the changes in their CPU line
in the last 6 months, is not expected until summer.

Really? Is the quad-core out already then?

/daytripper (no way Intel stands still for six+ months, son...)

On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 19:14:34 -0500, daytripper
wrote:

On Sun, 3 Dec 2006 16:11:52 -0800, "DaveW" wrote:

"wizzywiz" wrote in message
oups.com...
Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Thanks much.....


The next major changes from Intel, after all the changes in their CPU line
in the last 6 months, is not expected until summer.

Really? Is the quad-core out already then?

Yes. The Core 2 Extreme QX6700 was released about a month ago. It is
super expensive ($1700 at Newegg) and not all that widely distributed,
but it is available. The quad core Xeon 5300 series is also
theoretically available, although I'm not sure you can actually buy
one just yet. Dell lists them on their websites but with their "May
delay your shipping date" warning.

/daytripper (no way Intel stands still for six+ months, son...)

The biggest change will be the marketting change of the Quad-core
desktop chips. Right now quad-core is only available as the Extremely
Expensive Edition. Sometime in early 2007 Intel will release the Core
2 Quad that will push quad-core down to the high-end and maybe even
into the top of the mid-range of the processor price/performance
spectrum. However this isn't actually a *new* processor, more just a
change in branding and clock speeds of the current top-end desktop
chip.

The only really new chip I would expect Intel to release in the
semi-near future is a Core-based Celeron processor. Right now all
Celerons are either based off the Pentium 4 architecture (all desktop
and some mobile Celerons) or the Pentium M architecture (only for some
mobile chips). Exactly when this Core-based Celeron will arrive and
in what guise (single vs. dual core, desktop vs. mobile) is still
unclear. My guess though is that it will be a single-core mobile chip
first with single and dual-core desktop chips not arriving until Q3 or
Q4 of 2007.

As far as I can tell Intel has not released their 2007 processor
roadmap yet, so we're kinda shooting in the dark on this one.
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On 3-Dec-2006, daytripper wrote:

The next major changes from Intel, after all the changes in their CPU line
in the last 6 months, is not expected until summer.

Really? Is the quad-core out already then?

Yes -- QX6700

wrote:
"wizzywiz" wrote in message ps.com...
Howdy.....I know the Core Duo and Woodcrest are on top now......just
wondering what people may know about things coming down the pike by
April or May.....

Thanks much.....

For desktop systems, not much. With Intel's release of the
quad-core QX6700 it's going to take software developers
a few years (at least) to catch up. There's no need for more
cpu power in the meantime.




When my program takes days to execute, there is definately a need for
more cpu power.